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lawn. Or, if they are the prime considera- 
tion and the place is not large enough for a 
lawn and a flower-garden both, it is better 
to give up the lawn altogether and arrange 
in front of the house an old-fashioned gar- 
den with as many beds and walks and box- 
hedges as the space will allow. Such a de- 
sign is consistent and sensible and may be 
made very pretty, while the more common 
device of trying to unite a lawn and a flower- 
garden is illogical, and can never result in 
anything but an artistic monstrosity. 
Where there is a lawn, large or small, no 
walk should run between it and the house. 
Let the grass come up to the house-founda- 
tions, and unite the two by planting a few 
vines and shrubs. Then the house and its 
site will be connected and harmonized ; the 
walls will seem to spring from the soil al- 
most like a natural growth, and the picture 
seen from the lawn will be as charming as 
that which the lawn will present when seen 
from the house. Whether there is a mere 
door-step, or a porch, or a piazza, no path 
is needed, for this entrance should be used 
only by those who wish to stroll upon the 
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